Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
University of Bristol
4th Floor, Augustine's Courtyard, Orchard Lane
Bristol
BS1 5DS
UK
Telephone: +44 01179289000
E-mail: helen.warren@bristol.ac.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.bristol.ac.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Cloud Resale and FinOps for Education & Research in AWS
Reference number: IT-2312-045-PC_206
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72321000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Call-off contract for Cloud Resale and FinOps for Education and Research Projects in AWS
Third Party Platform to allow Billing visibility, and AWS cost management, cost optimisation and cost governance, provided for by an AWS Advanced Tier Education Competency partner.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
700 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
AWS credits up-to value of the call-off contract
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: quality
/ Weighting: 50
Cost criterion: commercial
/ Weighting: 50
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure
Explanation
Competition was through G-Cloud 13
3 shortlisted services. Only this vendor could provide finops services required.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: IT-2312-045-PC_206
Title: AWS Cloud Central Account
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
08/01/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Strategic Blue Services Limited
WC2H 9QJ
London
UK
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 700 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The University of Bristol
Bristol
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/02/2025